And I wouldn't expect or want anything less from you guys!ĭo you not find some of the above mentioned problems crippling or work-flow killers? I understand not all of us use or need those features, but I trust you can see how addressing those issues would make DP MUCH better, yes? This is, after all, MOTUNation, DP's house, and I know some of you will disagree with me. but I feel like I've read this post (not from you, but from someone) at least twice a year since version 1.7. Gravity Jim wrote:No sarcasm or insult intended, FM. So I opted to write it here, where I, perhaps mistakingly, thought it belonged. AFAICS, this is not theoretical at all, but a very sobering reality. I debated myself whether to write this here or in the theoretical section of the forum. Hopefully this is why it is taking so long for this new version to materialize. I can only hope DPX will be so much better and powerful. MOTU? What are you going to do about all this? Better yet, you could ASK US, your users, what we want and what we need.
We already have a looooooong "DP wish list" for your reference. What about comming up with great new features? Please notice what your competition is doing, and implement some of that in even better ways. tracks showing outside of the folder structure when importing clippings How about implementing clef changes? Add dynamic marks? Simple slurs? Being able to establish rhythmic patterns in odd rhythms (2+2+3, 3+3+1, etc)? Not having it wouldn't make much of a difference, really. features that have never worked (Extract Tempo from MIDI) not being able to select tracks from the mixer constant crashing with their own MF3 sampler not being able to mute selected CCs ( ! ) without ridiculous workarounds It ALWAYS creates unwanted and unexpected ramps moving, cutting, pasting and snipping stuff with CC, audio automation and/or Conductor Track tempo changes is a nightmare and ridiculously unreliable. folders being horribly clumsy and unreliable takes not following global editing moves like snipping or moving the main take (could be optional, as discussed before ad nauseam) irreversibly messing up pitch automation after simple Conductor Track moves, such as tempo changes the Comp tool and its resulting takes management: No option to make takes follow edits. Hopefully they will address some of this and repair the parts of the program that are a disaster, such as: Have we slept on our laurels for too long? I think so. Bring it on, if you wish, but the fact will remain. It seems it's been demoted to a mere pawn in comparisson, and anyone who uses those DAWs or observes a user who knows what he is doing with them can not deny any of this. Like I said, based on what I saw from 2 of the "lesser" and youngest DAWs, DP is clearly no longer the MIDI king. I feel (not know) that they've wasted too many resources with their PreGen engine at the expense of basically stopping new feature development.
I want to see real, innovative and cool features that let us work smarter and faster, with tools that do not require wasting time double checking and baby-sitting every track after simple arranging moves (see above). WHY?ĭP is still unique in many ways, and I won't be giving it up any time soon, but I would really like to see MOTU "modernize" many aspects of the program and give us better tools and features. The fix, at least for this, is an extremely simple algorithm they could implement in probably one evening. The reason that this made me feel a bit bitter than expected is that I've complained and asked MOTU about this since DP4, and it's still as bad as always in DP9! Cutting, pasting and snipping always give clean and accurate results, no matter what you do or how many CCs and audio automation there is in any track. Have you seen their editing tools? To my surprise, they make DP's look and feel clunky, clumsy and, frankly, toyish in comparisson.Īlso, I saw first hand the wonderful ability of moving stuff around freely and NOT creating weird and unexpected CC and tempo ramps all over the place, as DP always does. Sadly, I realized that, when it comes to MIDI note and CCs entering and editing, they simply BLOW - US - OUT - OF - THE - WATER.
He uses 2 of the youngest DAWs, one of them the one whose name rhymes with the nickname of certain pervert from old England. So yesterday I spent my day at a friend's studio. Short of designing my own DAW, I don't see what else I can do about it other than venting here. My intentions are just to, naively perhaps, try to get MOTU's attention, so they keep innovating and making DP better. I don't mean this post to be taken as negative. As a loyal Motuan, this seems strange comming from me, but I like to be objective as much as I can.